Hula Is Life, the Story of Halau Hula O Maiki

The Story of Halau Hula O Maiki
by Rita Ariyoshi

Coline Aiu, Rita Ariyoshi, Lee Mann

Rita Ariyoshi, Author
Rita Ariyoshi is a student of Halau Hula O Maiki. wHer teacher is Coline Aiu who inherited the Halau from her mother, Maiki Aiu. wAn acclaimed writer, she has won numerous national awards for both fiction and non-fiction. wHer work has been selected for a Pushcart Prize, and, in 1998, she received the Grand Prize in the National Steinbeck Center Short Story Competition. wShe has served as editor-in-chief of Aloha Magazine and the inflight magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. wShe lives in Honolulu.

Lee Puakeala Mann, Editor
Lee Puakeala Mann, Kumu Hula (Ka Papa 'Uniki 'Ie'ie, 2002), is the
editor of Hula is Life.wShe assists Kumu Hula Coline Aiu in the
administration of Halau Hula O Maiki. wShe also teaches hula and 'ukulele at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center in Waikiki.